Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-04-15
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THE SECRETS OF PALM1sTRY,

As many persons want to know how
to tell fortunes by the hand, "just for
the fun of the thing" the following brief
directions will suffice to enable any
reader to emulate the prowess of the
gypsies in an art which is held to bo
peculiarly their own.
Begin with tho line of life, starting
from point an inch below the bottom
OF the first finger and tracing it to its
termination at the base of the thumb
If we'll defined and unbroken, il is said
to denote long life il cut and inter-
socted by other lines, illness. Every
inch of the line of life is supposed to
stand for ten years, and distinct break
at any point indicates death at that age,
estimated by its distance from the start
ing point of the line.
Tho line Of the head, or, as It is some
times called "the line of intellect" is
the next thing to be looked for. Ii
sweeps horizontally across the palm,
starting simultaneously with the line of
life. If clear and unbroken. it is sup
posed to indicate logical intellect if
much notched, with lines entering il
from other parts, IL indicates that this
intellect may run into many fanoies as,
for instance, if the lines enter from the
base of the middle finger tue tastes will
run to weird books or to solitary schem-
ing.
The line above the last named, run
ming from between the bases Of the first
and second fingers to the base Of the lit
tic finger. is the line Of the heart indi-
eating sociability and affection. Whom
much broken and intersected, it means
that the owner will be the slave Of hi.
or her passions, especially those passions
which are designated as tender or
erotic. II is usually the most broken
and irregular of all the lines Of the
hand, on which account the ancient
palmists probably selected it.
The line which runs perpendicularly
from the root Of the second inqor 10 tho
wrist is called the line Of fortune, and
the more broken and irregular this is
the better for the possessor. If these
broken and added lines are generally
parallel to tho original limo they denote
streaks Of good luck or good fortune;
ifthey cut il across they denote crosses"
Or. cups aud downs in life. Unfortu-
nately, the latter is the rule.
The amounts" are the little deshy
prominences al the roots Of the fingers
and between the joints At the foot Of
the first finger is the mount of Jupiter;
the second is sacred to Saturn, the third
to the Sun and the little finger to Mer-
curry. Below the latter and on the right
side of the hand is the hill Of Mars
still further below is the hill Of the Moon.
Of these Jupiter is propitious, Saturn
means i'll luck, the Sun riches, Mercury
knavishness and "smartness :" Mar
war or military genius, and the Moon
moodiness, crankiness or tendency to
philosophical spcculations. According
to the extent 10 which the lines on these
amounts" arc marked and the promi-
nence Of tho mounts" themselves, the
characteristics and fortune Of the indi-
yidual are forstold. Three strongly
marked horizontal lines at the base Of
the hand, when present, constitute tho
regal bracelet" and arc supposed to
indicate long and prosperous life. with
strong will power.-Batto Herald